We ducked the Nor’easter that recently visited New England and aren’t generally subject to “lake effect” snow coming off Lake Ontario so don’t have much snow accumulation on the River, but it has been cold. Cold enough for the River to be frozen across in most places and even safe for me to walk out...
Happy New Year! Here’s hoping this finds you in fine form following a wonderful holiday season, ready to embrace all the good things that 2015 has in store for you.
Last month’s image was indeed taken at Ed Huck Marine as Mike Soulliere correctly pointed out and illustrates perfectly my secret to...
I’ll start with an apology, because normally my Thousand Islands wallpaper images begin on November 1st, however I was fortunate to be exploring another beautiful area - the south of France (more on that below) with no usable Internet connection, so the first “winter withdrawal” River image comes no...
When I first stumbled across the Thousand Islands during that random but momentous flight back in 1992, one of the first things that struck me, beyond its overall beauty, was the creativity of design of many of the island cottages and boathouses which frequently take advantage of each island's indiv...
Last month’s image drew 23 comments, but only three (Dave Fownes, Kim Lunman and Pamela Lyon) were able to correctly identify the scene. It looks downstream with Princess Island in the foreground, Raleigh next and the faint outlines of Savage and Green barely visible in the fog beyond.
Princess...
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